Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Mauritius (Ratification: 1969)

The Committee notes the observations of the Front of Workers from the Private Sector (FTSP), received on 29 January 2008 and transmitted to the Government on 28 February 2008, concerning the application of the Convention.

The FTSP states that while there are 29 wage orders covering different branches in the private sector, there are four new economic sectors which are not yet covered either by a wage order or by a collective agreement. These sectors are the information and communication technology sector, the financial and other services sector, the seafood sector which is currently regulated under the legislation on export processing zones and the travel agents and tour operators sector. According to the FTSP, employees in these four sectors are subjected to abuses and over-exploitation. The Committee requests the Government to transmit any comments it may wish to make in reply to the observations of the FTSP.